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Incorporate updates, addendums to medical records while maintaining compliance

Coding and billing professionals must ensure that medical record information is accurate, up to date, and compliant. In this article, Holly Cassano, CPC, CRC, defines late entries, corrections, and addendums, and explains the proper methods used to alter health records while maintaining Medicare compliance.

CDI reviews and acute hospital care at home

Source: HIM Briefings

Acute hospital care at home is reimbursed the same as if the patient was physically an inpatient in a hospital, with the same documentation requirements, quality measures, and medical necessity guidelines. Learn how strengthening CDI's role in these programs can help support their success.

Congressional bill to protect hospital workers from violence stuck in limbo

Source: Case Management Monthly

In October, a man shot and killed a hospital social worker and nurse at Methodist Dallas Medical Center before being shot by police and taken into custody. It marks yet another high-profile violent incident in healthcare.

Balancing state laws and HIPAA requirements

Source: Briefings on HIPAA

Those in charge of overseeing HIPAA compliance at their healthcare organizations need to have a firm understanding of privacy laws outside of the healthcare arena.

CMS Events

Wednesday, December 14 - Town Hall Meeting on FY 2024 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies Add-On Payments

Call for speakers: 2023 Revenue Integrity Symposium

Revenue integrity experts, we want to hear from you. The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity (NAHRI) is currently seeking speakers for the 2023 Revenue Integrity Symposium, to be held September 18–19, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Click here to learn more about how to participate.

Product Spotlight

2023 OPPS Final Rule: CMS Adds New Provider Type and Addresses 340B Payments

During this 90-minute webinar, Kimberly Hoy, JD, CPC, and Camille Ruiz, RHIA, will explain the major changes for outpatient hospital payments and services coming in 2023 and beyond. They will provide actionable advice for revenue cycle departments to navigate these updates and help them prepare.

This week in Medicare

This week’s Medicare updates include instructions on billing CAR T-Cell therapy in a physician office, revisions to an MLN booklet on Medicare coverage for power mobility devices, an implementation transmittal for the FY 2023 IPPS, and more!

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